Alternating-current dynamo-electric apparatus.



G. WINTER da I'. EICHBBRG.

ALTERNATING CURRENT DYNAMO ELECTRIC APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE l1, 1902. RENEWBD'BEPT. 10, 1908.`

Patented Feb. 6, 1912.

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G. WINTER a F. BIGHBBRG.

ALTBRNATING CURRENT DYNAMO ELECTRIC APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11, 1962. BENEWED SEPT. 104, 1908.

Patented Feb. 6, 1912.

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Wihnesses:

G. WINTER & I'. EIGHBBRG.

ALTERNATING CURRENT DYNAMO ELECTRIC APPARATUS.

APPLmATIoNrILED .mlm 11, 190g. mmwsn SEPT. 1o, 1908.

Patented Feb. 6, 1912.

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G. WINTER & E. EICHBERG.

ALTERNATINC CURRENT DYNAMC ELECTRIC APPARATUS.

AYPLICATICN FILED JUNE 11, 1902. RnNnwm SEPT. 1o. 190s. Patented Feb. '6, 1912.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

GABRIEL WINTER AND FRIEDRICH EIHBERG', OF VTENNA, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, ASSIGNORS TO GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

ALTERNATING-CURRENT DYNAMOLELECTRIC APPARATUS.

Application led'June 11, 1902, Serial No. 111,180.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that we, GABRIEL WINTER and FRIEDRICH EICHBERG, subjects of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at Vienna, Austria-Hungary, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Alternating-Current Dynamo-Electric Atpparatus, of which the following is a speci-ficat-ion.

Our invention relates to alternating current machines of the commutator type, and comprises certain novel arrangements of the windings and circuit connections of' such machines, and also certain novel arrangements for controlling the operation of. such machines wherebyV the speed andv torque of motors, and the voltage or the periodiclty (or both) of generators may be varied at will.

Our invention will best be understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in

whichl Figure 1 shows diagrammaticallya Inachine having one of the arrangements of windings and circuit connections comprised within our present invention, in which arI rangement the .stator of the machine is provided with a primary winding and with a. magnetizingwinding, and the rotor is con'- nected with a source of counter-electromo tive force by means of a commutator and brushes; Fig. 2 shows another arrangement, in `which the magnetizing winding is transferred to the rotating member; Figs. 3 and 4 show further arrangements, in which the magnetizing winding is combined with the working windings of the stator and rotor respectively; Figs. 5 and 6 show arrangements in which a variable impedance is substituted for a variable counter-electromotive force; Figs. 7 and 8 show modifications in which the impedance is omitted and.the winding directly short-circuited; Figs. 9 and 10 show arrangements in which the magnetizing winding is in series with the secondary member; Fig. 11 shows an arrangement in which the working and magnetizing currents are obtained respectively from the two phases'of a two-phase system;

Fig. 12 shows an arrangement in which both Specication of Letters -I'Patent.

. Patented Feb. 6, 1912. Renewed September 10, 1908. Serial No. 452,450.

working a'nd magnetizing'currents are obtained from both of the two phases; Fig. 13 shows an arrangement in which the winding on the stationary member is short-circuited and current supplied to the rotating member; Figs." 14 and 15 show arrangements in which the"working and magnetizing currents are obtained from the three phases of `a three-phase systemyFig. 16 shows an arrangement in which the working windings onthe two members are connected in series; "j and Fig. 17 'shows a modified arrangement having two sets of connections, one for each v'phase'of a two-'phase circuit.

If`4 voltages of the samephase are impressed on the primary and secondary windings (hereinafter referred to asy P and S, respectively.)l of 'an alternating current transformer, then, when the ratio of these voltages corresponds to the ratio of transformation of P and S, the current iow'ing in each of the windings `will produce onev half of the magnetic' field j of fthe transformer, i. e., when the ratio of transformation is one,l each winding takes. one half the magnetizing current,` or, generally stated leach winding gives one half the total magnetizing ampere turnswhile the elec'tromo- A A tivel forces (E. M. F.s) induced thereby in the windings will bear to each other a ratio .corresponding to the ratio of transformation andwill be opposed'to the respective impressed voltages; but when the. windings P and S are connected -to voltages of a ratio diferent from the ratio of transformation, the vwinding P will take from the source a larger current, for example, while S will then return current to the source, lsince in this example the voltage induced in P is less than the `voltage'im` pressed thereon, and since the voltage induced in S is greater than the voltage impressed thereon. The difference between the energies corresponding to these two curi rents the total energy loss of the transformer, including ohmic and iron losses.

We take 'advantage of the-above transl former action in one of our arrangements for motor-control as follows: Let the primary and secondary winding system be arthe rotor in the field having the axis y y;

Y ofthe field of ranged in the manner illustrated Fig. I of the accompanying diagrammatic Adrawings-i. e., as separate bipolar ring windm fc, which can be easily attained by provid-l ing the winding S with a segmental` commutator and causing the current to 'be supplied through brushes situated on line If now there lbe added to the windings and S awinding M so arranged that the current in it produces a magnetic field having the axis y at right angles to the axis t e windings P and S, and if the current supplied to the winding M corresponds as nearly as possible in phaseto the currents in P and S; then a torque is produced which is proportional to the field of winding of M, to the ampere turns of' the rotor S and to the cosine of the displacement of phase between both of these last magnitudes. -The counter E. M. F. occurring aty the commutator upon rotatlon of has its greatest eective value on the line w, and is in .phase with the magnetic held having the axls y y.

n If the phase angle between the E. M. F. connected to S (this E. M. F. being herelnafter referred to as E2) and the magnetic field of M is very small and the influence of the magnetic leakage and ohmic loss is d isregarded, then the counterE. M. F. due to rotation, which is in phase with the magnetic field of M, is consequently nearly the same or opposite direction to that of the.

E. M. F. connected to the rotor and is also nearly in the same or 'opposite direction to the electromotive force' generated inthe rotor by the primary field on the axis m, since this latter electromotive force is substantially in phase with" the electromotive force E., impressed on the secondary.

With increasing speed the counter-electromotive force due to rotation increases, and consequently the resultant 'ele-ctromotive force upon winding S decreases when the counter electromotive force is opposed tothe electromotive force connected to the rotor.

Any desired speed within practicable limits can be provided for by supplying to said windingsl voltages of relatively varying magnitudes, that is, by making variations in the difference between the potential v(hereinafter called El) supplied to the stator winding P, and the potential E2 supplied to the rotor winding S. If the fall or loss in potential in the windings were not taken into account and the number of windings P and S are assumed equal, then it could be said that the speed which the rotor due to rotation, equals -E1-E2. If EzzO,

the motor speeds' up until the counter-electromotive'force equals El. This is the condition with winding S directly short-circuited. In this case, if the lfield, of winding P M equals the ield of winding P, the motor runs synchronously.. On this principle may be provided a starting and controlling sys# tem whereby for example the stator is subjected to a nearly constant voltage while the rotor has impressed upon ita voltage of lessfratio to the 'voltage ofthe stator-than theratio of windings, the difference of the quotients of the impressed voltage and the number of'turns of stator and rotorv respectively being in accordance with the speed required. The speed is also dependent upon the .strength and phase ofthe magnetic' field produced by the winding AM 'and' conse-s quently, by variation of these magnitudes,

aregulat1on, can also be produced. With the same object in view the rotor potential can be maintained constant and the stator lpotential varied.

If the rotoris turning and is then subjeoted to a potential corresponding to a higher number' of revolutions then it advances to the higher speed but if on the .other hand it is subjected to a potential which corresponds to a lower number of revolutions, then it acts as a brake and, 'as a dynamo, gives energy back to its circuit until its speed is sufficiently-reduced. When a means of driving is provided such machines may be caused to actA permanently as dynamos and they can then be connect-ed in parallel as easily as ordinary continuous current dynamos.

In the example shown in Fig. l the winding M is located on the stationary part, and is excited from an external source.. The winding P is subjected tothe full potential E1, and -the windingS to the Isuitably reduced potential E2 suppliedthrough brushes B? B2 and the segmental commutator. The regulation of the speed is effected chiefly by altering the E. M. F. supplied to the winding S, but such regulation may also be effected by varying the current in the winding M. l

In the example shown in Fig. 2 the winding M is located upon the rotor and is provided in this case with a segmental commutator such that the axis of the field may remain on :the line y y irrespective of the movement of the rotor. In this, as in the rstexample, the winding P is subjected to the full potential E1 and the winding-S vey the working currentv properly =socalled,:

to the variable potential E2 andthey conwhile current inthe 'winding' M- supplies substantially the 'excitation/only, i The lmagnetic field which is producedfbyfcurrent flowing inthe windingM` (and whichy must4 be kept as much as possible in phase-with:

the working currents) Iis producedinfFigs. 1 and 2 by separate excitation; u

As the points4 of connection.

the points of connection of thewindingM,

' it will beseen that, the `former being equipotential to the'latter pointso'fconnection,

the winding M cani be dispensed withwandv its functions usurped by oneof the two wind-- ings P or S. lIn this waythe simplified'.-

arrangement-s shown in'Figs. 3 and-4 are obtained. In Ithats'hown vin Fig. :3 M` is' combined withl lPfand vin that shown `in Fig.l 4 M is combined with S. 1 y

Instead of connecting the rotorwvithlftheV secondary Winding of a transformeridivided into potential graduations, as is shown in Figs. l to 4, it may be connected with or to an impedance which utilizes resistance, inductance or capacity,1 the ytorque `being determined by thepadjustment of the impede` ance; Such an arrangement is shown in Figs. 5 and 6 where'the winding-S is-closed through a variable impedance. If the: im' pedance isymade very small-..iayshouldi be short-circuited, then:

the terminals 132:0,13 is-subjected to `E1'asbefore, and

. current flowing through M again provides the excitation either` byfth'e'stator or .the i rotor. Figs. 7 and 8 show arrangements in.

which winding S isvdirectly short-circuited.

On .the other hand, however, P can be used in conjunction with an impedance or can be short circuited, as shown in' Fig. 13, in;

which latter case Elf-O, S

on' 'the contrary being subjected to'E In most of the arran'gements` described heretoiore itis eyident'that .the field pro'- duced on'the line 'mf bythecurrents in4V windings Pand -S,` which'is theffield that produces vthe counter-electromotive `force in winding P andA the secondary induced elec- I tromotive 'force in winding S, isy 90. .degrees out of phase with the'voltage impressedj on winding P. VThe lfield` producedA onvthel line y y, however, 'has been-assumed to be ap proximately in phase withthe currents in windings P and S. Therefore, it will-be seen that the two fields'rtend'to produceva rotary field which is more or less-uniform, according as the twoA componentiields vary,

in relative strength 'andvthephasel of the currents in windings P .and-S varies rela-V tively to the voltage impressed on winding for the ur-1 rents in the windings vP and@ S 'lie'onvone axis m m at right angles to theaxis yy of magnetizing fcurrent Zto Y coact It is not necessary, however,that the. two components of this rotary ieldshould be produced by currents coming from eX- yfrom the external source v,of y comparatively `highlivolt-age.; Figs. y y9 fandlv()y shiny such.

arrangements. In these figures the winding M is connectedpinseries Awith gwinding S.

illlith:` thisarrangementthe field ,of M niust l obviously be alwaysfin phase .V with the rotor A currents. .-2 :The stator has hereinbefore been, ,assumed tohave been provided y with, a Uwinding Vor windings in whiclrthe twocurrents may be suppliedfby .electromo'tive forces diiip'ering in fphasevjwhilethecurrents in the twowwind-k r ingslag ,behind their impressed electronic- ;t-ive Vforces vby .different l amounts, l since the current ofonelphase M supplies chiefly the rexcitation while current ofthe other phase (theaxis `of whosefpiieldis identical with the. commutation line on the rotor)y isL the -..'working current..y Thus` asEshown in Fig. 11,

winding. PI maybe excited Ifrom one phase of a two-phase system, the..current fin the winding; being practically .in phase .with the impressedvoltage,` while the winding'yM may be excitedfrom the other phase, y the current intheiwinding -laggingfnearly degrees behind` the ,impressed y voltage, the' currents 'in the two windings ,beingl consequently practically -phfaseI with `each other. This arrangement 'can be rendered ,more universally vapplicable v`by providinggthev'stator with windings adapted for use with currents ofasmany phases as may; be desired, of which' one is they workingl current proper VVwhile the .others produce .chieflythenecessary magnetization. The rotaryfield; ,of the stator actsL uponl the oscillat-ingworking field `of the rotor. @If polyphasef'alternating currents aref conveyedio the rotorthen thev rotary ieldzof thestator tacts upon all the phasesof the; rotor. i In this l,case currents of all phases. inltheystator.produce work.

Thus in the arrangenientgshownin Fig. .12, vv two-.phase currents' are supplied to bot-h stator and rotor, .each phasesu plying the ld the working.; currents;` suppliedv by the other; phase.

.It-will be seen thatthero-tor brushes bear on those partso/f the commutatorwhich are i connected to" the rotorj conductors which are at; anygiv'en vinstant adjagent .to the stat-or conductors connected "to thenleads `from the source.v `In a similar lman nerfto that obf tained in .f a .previously `described example .Variation otspeedican be obtained by4 producing an increase or `decrease fof the dif-y It is furthermore possible to excite the magnetic field M by the current coming fromv not necessary that P and S be ference between the voltages impressed upon the stator and upon the rotor, and in order t-hat this may be eii'ected it is by no means necessary that the transformation ratio be PzSzl; on the contrary, the ratio may have any desired value. Provision .is made for exerting a torque while the motor remains in position of rest (for example when the motor is stopped on an ascending grade) by impressing a voltageper turn of winding which is Vapproximately equal in the primary and the secondary; and the speed is cont-rolled by varying the voltage per` turn of winding impressed on S. It is however poly hase windings having equal number of p ases but on the contrary, P may have a number of phases different from that o-S.

Fig. 14 illustrates an example in which P and S are each connected to a three-phase system. In this arrangement the phases II and III supply the magnetic field for phase I, phases I and II the excitation for phase III and phases I and III that for phase II. As in the case of single-phase arrangements,

impedances maybe used instead of counterelectromotive force. Fig. 15 shows a modified arrangement in which S is closed only by impedances.

An arrangement is also possible wherein P and S, as in Fig. 16, are connected in such a way that-the currents sentthrough 'them in series produce an equal sum of ampere turns in each. .In some of the previously described arrangements the full Volt-- ages rwere impressed on P and S at the start of rotation, but the diiierence between these volta es was a minimum, while in this case with and S in series, the voltage e0 is at the minimum at the st-art of rotation and increases with the speed. The working currents again coperate with the magnetic field of M and by varying the potential e0 and the strength and phase of this magnetic field the speed of the rotor can be varied.

the brushes instead of deriving it from an external source as has heretofore been illus' trated and explained..

The series connections hereinbefore described specially for the case in which the rotating armature has brushes on one axis as shown in Fig. 16, can also be employed in a simple manner for a polyphase system (see Fig. 17)' by using polyphase windings instead of single phase windings, like phases -of the two windings being connected in serie,s,lviz., all of each set of conductors of the lstator are in series or parallel or in ,parallel series, all of each set of conductors of the rotor are connected in the same man- Hner and both these systems connected in series. In this case the magnetic rotary eld must be -produced by a separate polyphase current conductor M, the number of phases supplied to this magnetizingl system however being quite independent of the number of phases supplied to the other windings.

An important condition to be observed is that the magnetic field, which is produced by the exciting currents should be approximately at right angles to the rotary eld which would be producedvby the currents flowing through the primary and secondary windings if they exist separately. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 17 the potentials eo and e0 impressed upon. the two phases of the working windings each take the place, for itsl phase, of the potential e0 of Fig. 16. Now, by adjusting these potentials eo and 6@"applied to the working windings connected in series and the intensity of the magnetic field determined by the potentials e and c, any desired speed of rotation can be provided for any load.

Not only the arrangement of apparatus illustrated in Fig. 1 but also the other apparatus hereinbefore described, can be used as generators because upon excitation through a determined magnetic field an E. M. F. of the samephase and periodicity is generated in the rotor quite independently of the speed.

All the figures relate to a bi-polar arrangement and only represent examples of construction. For an apparatus having a greater number of poles the magnetic field axes :v--mand y-y are generally inclined to one another at an angle of 90o divided by half the number of poles.

The windings on the stator are herein shown as ring windings, but it must be understood that all knownand suitable open or closed phase windings, that is to say the winding systems for any special phase, can be used. The windings on the rotor are also shown as ring or Gramme windings, but all suitable closed windings, such as are used for continuous currents and with segmental commutators can be used.

We do not claim specifically in this case the arrangement in which the magnetizing current is supplied through a commutator and brushes, since this arrangement forms the subject-matter of a divisional application, Serial No. 329,022, iledAugust 3, 1906.

Claims:

1. In combination, an alternating current machine supplied with 'a commutator and brushes, windings on both members of said machine adapted to magnetize said machineV in a fixed dlrection, means for supplying to brushes, means for supplying to adjacent points on both members of said machine voltages of 4relatively varying magnitude, and means for supplying at other points of one of the members currents in phase with the currents produced by the first named voltages.l

4. In combination, anl alternating current machine, windings on the stator of said ma chine adapted for polyphase currents, leads from a source of polyphase voltages to said windings, windings on the rotor of said machine supplied with a commutator, brushes bearing on the commutator, and means for supplying to said brushes voltages variable in magnitude relative to the voltages of said leads.

5. In combination, an alternating current machine supplied with a commutator and brushes, means for producing in one member an alternating magnetic field, means for supplying to that part of the .winding of the other memberv under the influence of said field a variable voltage opposing the voltage induced in said winding by said field, and means for producing a second field at an angle to the first.

6. In combination, an alternating current lmachine supplied with a commutator and brushes, means for producing in said machine an alternating magnetic field, means for impressing on one member a variable voltage opposing the electro-motive force induced by said field, and means for producing a second field at an angle to the first named field and in phase with the cur-v rents induced by said first named field.

7. In combination, an alternating current machine, a polyphase Winding on the stator of said machine, means for supplying polyphase voltages to said winding, a winding on the rotor of said machine supplied with a commutator, brushes bearing on said commutator, and means for impressing on said brushes a variable voltage opposing in phase the voltage induced at said brushes by the currents in said stator winding.

8. In combination, an alternating current machine supplied with al commutator and brushes, a polyphase Winding on the .stator of said machine, means for supplying polyphase voltages to said winding, a winding on the rotor of said machine supplied with a commutator, and means forsupplying to said rotor winding variable voltages opposing the electromotive forces induced in said rotor winding by the currents in the dif'- ferent phases of the stator winding.

9. In combination, an alternating current machine having a stator winding and a rotor winding provided ywith 'a commutator and brushes healingl on said commu.- tator on the line of`l magnetization of the stator winding, a transformer connected in shuntto the stator winding, means for connecting said brushes to variable portions of the transformer winding, and means for magnetizing said machine along netization. A

10. In combination, an alternating current machine having `a stator winding and a t i a vsecond lme at an angle-to the first mentioned magrotor winding provided with a vcommutator and brushes bearing on said commutator on the line yof magnetization of the stator winding', a transformer connected in shunt to the stator winding, means for connecting said brushes yto variable portions of the transformer winding, and means for producing a magnetization of the machine along a second line at an angle to the firsty named magnetization and in the rotor currents.

l1. An alternating current machine of the commutator type, having means for producphase with ing in one member 'an alternating magnetic field, means for supplying to that part 0f the winding of the other member under the influence of said field a variable voltage, and means for producing a second field at an angle to the first. i

12. An alternating current machine of the commutator type, having means for 'producing in one member an alternating magnetic field, means for impressing on the .other member a variable voltage, and means for producing a second field at an angle to the first named field and in phase with the currents induced by said first named field.

13. In combination, an alternating current machine, a polyphase winding on the l statorof said machine, means for supply'- ing on the stator of said machine, means forl supplying polyphase voltages to said Winding, a winding on the rotor of said machine supplied with a'commutator, and means for supplying variable voltages to said rotor winding.

15. In combination, an alternating current machine supplied with a commutator and brushes, means for producing in said motof an alternting magnetic fieldQmeans set our hands in presence of two subscribfor impressing on one member a variable ing Witnesses. v

GABRIEL WINTER.

volta-ge opposing the electromotive. force induced by said field, and means for pro- FRIEDRICH EICHBERG.

-5 ducing a second field at an angle to the Witnesses:

rst. JOSEF RUBASCH,

In testimony whereof We have hereunto vALVES'IO S. HOGUE. 

